Omniform: Jazz against the Monday Blues

Time slipping away on the longest day of the week is not a bad thing. The is only one problem. At the end of the day, when you open the fridge, you find it stuffed to the rim, but there is nothing you can make dinner with. Of course by that time you do not feel like a visit to the NTUC to get groceries. Normally they are pretty much sold out of fresh stuff anyway. Things do suddenly look up when you realize that it is just a Monday but it is the first Monday of the month. That, to date, and since years now, means Omniform at Blu Jaz. For those of you, shame on you, who have not heard of Omniform, this creation of  Greg Lyons is a 10 piece band with a powerful 7 piece wind section.

The band from right to left:

Greg Lyons Maestro and Tenor Sax:

 Darren Moore Drum

Fabian Lim Alto Sax

Tim O’Dwyer Baritone Sax:

Brandon Wong Bass

 

Rit Xu Flute

Aynsley Green Piano

Dan Wong Trumpet

Leo Jeoh Trombone (right)

Mick Cartwright Trombone (left)

The band plays Lyons’s  Jazz originals as well as cool arrangements of Jazz standards and rock populars by e.g. the Beatles and Deep Purple

 So decision was made quickly, dinner and Omniform at Blu Jaz. The nice thing about Omniform is that it always attracts a bit of nice crowd especially for Monday evenings and there are bound to be some familiar faces showing up, like our dear friend David.

The music is generally relaxing, and the band regularly whips up excitement when the 7 brass instrumentalist give it their full force. Then it feels like there is a full size big band playing in that relatively small room of Blu Jaz Café.

 As the day went by quicker then normal, so did the evening. The band had started a little late and I am getting a little older. With age comes a bit of wisdom and with that wisdom comes that annoying sense of sensibility, that told me there was a long working week ahead and we’d better not stay for another set. Like most people I always hated being sensible. I think I still do, but I sometimes lack the strength to resist! The next morning though, thanks to a relaxing evening and a timely departure from Omniform, I felt in an altogether good shape.